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Jack Wilshere has joined the growing number of Premier League players voicing their opposition to playing through the Coronavirus crisis.

The West Ham midfielder, fit again after an injury ravaged season, believes players across the top flight need convincing answers to their urgent questions about safety before they will agree.

"No player will go back if it’s not safe to do so," he said. "I can’t see how you can play football and social distance at the same time.

“These are the questions that people need to ask and need to be answered. It’s as simple as that."

West Ham's Jack Wilshere (Image: Getty Images)

Wilshere’s concern, as he spoke to Sky Sports, comes with players from every club joining the Premier League, the players' union (PFA) and Government officials on Wednesday morning for a video conference call on safety and training protocols.

It also follows fears expressed by players up and down the country, with Manchester City ’s Sergio Aguero, Brighton ’s Glenn Murray, Newcastle ’s Danny Rose, on loan from Spurs and Arsenal ’s Matteo Guendoui among them.

Every club's PFA representative has already been sent a 40-page document outlining all of the strict training protocols designed to protect players, including a ban on tackling when group sessions resume, plans to disinfect all training gear and a plea not to spit during matches.

With statistics showing black and ethnic minority men and women are more than twice as likely to die from the virus, the Players’ Union are highlighting the concerns of BAME players across the top flight.

Rose and City’s Raheem Sterling have already expressed public concerns about resuming action in the midst of the pandemic.

Although the majority of top-flight stars are thought to be eager to restart, a significant number are ready to tell their clubs they are unwilling to resume group training on Monday, as planned.

Wilshere, meanwhile, admits he is missing football having not played since October due to a pelvic injury.

"I was using lockdown as a chance to work on my fitness but after a while it does get a little bit boring with all the long distance running," he said.

"You just want to get a ball out and that's difficult to do on your own so to go back in and see everyone, while maintaining the two-metre rule, and get back on the ball.

"To see the manager, it lifts you, lifts your morale and makes you hungrier to want to come back.

"I'm desperate to get back playing football but at the same time I've got a family at home, I've got kids.”